Category «E-Government»

New GAO Reports: Border Security, Gov't IT, Sale of Magnetic Data Tapes

Border Security: Fraud Risks Complicate State’s Ability to Manage Diversity Visa Program, GAO-07-1174, September 21, 2007 Information Technology: Further Improvements Needed to identify and Oversee Poorly Planned and Performing Projects, GAO-07-1211T, September 20, 2007 Sale of Magnetic Data Tapes Previously Used by the Government Presents a Low Security Risk, GAO-07-1233R, September 21, 2007

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

DOJ FOIA Posts – Summaries of New Decisions — May 2007

“As announced previously by OIP [Office of Information Policy], we are now posting up-to-date summaries of new court decisions. To facilitate their review, each case is broken down by FOIA Exemption or procedural element and internal citations and quotations have been omitted. OIP provides these case summaries as a public service; due to their nature …

Subjects: E-Government, Freedom of Information, Government Documents

Financial Market Developments – Will Monetary Policy Become More of a Science?

Financial Market Developments – Will Monetary Policy Become More of a Science? by Frederic S. Mishkin, 2007-44 (46 pages, PDF) Abstract: This paper reviews the progress that the science of monetary policy has made over recent decades. This progress has significantly expanded the degree to which the practice of monetary policy reflects the application of …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2007

“This third issue in the current four-volume series of Social Security Programs Throughout the World reports on the countries of Africa. The combined findings of this series, which also includes volumes on Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, are published at 6-month intervals over a 2-year period. Each volume highlights features of social …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

New GAO Reports: Performance Budgeting, Drug Control, SBA, Unemployment Insurance

21st Century Challenges: How Performance Budgeting Can Help, GAO-07-1194T, September 20, 2007 Drug Control: U.S. Assistance Has Helped Mexican Counternarcotics Efforts, but Tons of Illicit Drugs Continue to Flow into the United States, GAO-07-1018, August 17, 2007 September 11: Problems Remain in Planning for and Providing Health Screening and Monitoring Services for Responders, GAO-07-1253T, September …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Profiles of Progress II: State Health IT Initiatives

“State governments are increasingly utilizing health information technology initiatives in order to reduce healthcare cost and improve patient care. A product of NASCIO’s Health IT Working Group, this compendium provides a state-by-state “snapshot” of progress that each state has made in introducing health information technology (HIT) initiatives. Each individual state profile features ways in which …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

European eGovernment Award Winners Announced

Press release: “Winners of the European eGovernment Awards were announced today at the Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Lisbon. The city of Amsterdam from The Netherlands, the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform of Norway, the city of Besancon from France and the portal of the Federal Government of Germany each picked up one of the …

Subjects: E-Government

DOD OIG Testimony on Fighting Corruption in Contracting

Mr. Thomas F. Gimble Principal Deputy Inspector General Department of Defense before the House Armed Services Committee on Accountability During Contingency Operations: Preventing and Fighting Corruption in Contracting and Establishing and Maintaining Appropriate Controls on Materiel, September 20, 2007. See also related government documents: Opening Statement of Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO), Hearing on Accountability During …

Subjects: Congress, E-Government, Government Documents